Colville Women Were Always in Charge

Colville Women Were Always in Charge

Before we wanted to become good relatives, before Dina and I knew one another at all, we were connected through Panhe –”the place by the water” in the Acjachemen language.  I had written about Panhe in the Surfer Girls book. Dina wrote an entire Master’s...
A Fighting Zapotec Feminism

A Fighting Zapotec Feminism

We begin with Lulu’s garden and with Lulu interviewing me!  “Why do you think the idea of the West persists for us, in North America?  From a Mexican perspective, a child of a migrant,” Lulu says, “the other orientation was north, right? I find it so...
Rendezvous with Melody Graulich

Rendezvous with Melody Graulich

The one and only, Melody Graulich!   We meet in Swan Valley, Idaho, set up at Camp Rendezvous, a small mom-and-pop shop with no tent campers but us. Melody herself had planned to throw her bag down under the stars, but late-day rain and her dog, who she thinks might...
Guest Post: Finding Community through Transcription

Guest Post: Finding Community through Transcription

This post is written by Zainab Abdali, the graduate summer intern for the Living West as Feminists project.  9 am in Houston. I sit down at my desk with a cup of coffee, open up my laptop, and put my headphones on. I hit play. The conversation that I listen to is...
For Me, the West is Rural

For Me, the West is Rural

The Missoula Public Library is Randi’s choice of place for our conversation.  It is a state-of-the-art facility any city would envy, created by local architects A&E Design in partnership with Minneapolis-based Traci Lesneski of MSR Design, library-museum...